The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-01
BRINGING DOWN A BURGLAR.
JOHN LESTER TRIED TO HOLD HIM UF,
hut HE HOULDE,T HOLD UP.

| JOHN LESTER TRIED To HOLD HIN VIZ
hut HE HOULDE'T HOLD UP.
Then Lester Turned Loose Charge or No.
q Bird shot. which brought hira Down
on All Fsurs-was II his First Crimes
It Ia probable that II burglar William Hea-
don OF Trenton. who was shot In the back
while trying to escape from Theodore Testers
house in New Brunswick on Saturday evening"
were to try II over again he would select
house which was not filed with children and
grandchildren. Headon couldn't have put his
head into room without finding some one In
II. except the bathroom. and It was In tho
bathroom that he concealed himself while
waiting for the house to become still for the
night. Mr. Lester's house is In the outskirts
Of the prettiest part OF New Brunswick, In
| Bartlett street. near ColleRs avenue. 1t is
only short distance from Rutgers Theologi-
cal Seminary. 1t stands in plot OF ground
planted with shrubbery while around the
yard is fence, on the top Of which Mr. Lester
has run a barbcd wire to serve as catteaser
and q terror to boys.
Theodore Lester. the head Of the house, Is 80
years old, and has four daughters and three
sons. all Of whom live in the house with him.
He has been for many years connected with
! firm engaged in manufacturing wall paper IN
New, Brunswick. Having nm attack Of neural
al table near the s doof eit the door OPEN and
se Ss se Ssa sS lis
| He had been in bed but q few minutes when
he heard rustlins noise In the hall. A mo
the doorway. The hoad moved slowly forward
until Mr.. Loster saw light head Of hair, two
The eyes rested on Mr. Lester's face for an in
Mr. Lester jumped out Of bed and cal led for
his sons John and William, who were In the
sitting, room on the first floor. He shouted
| that thore WINS strange man In tho house.
John Lester had been hunting birds on satpr-
day, and on returning home he had loft his
TWAS was loaded with No shot. but had no caps
on. Selling tho gun he put on the caps us he
Stairway a sM eanyhiie William had reached the
BATHROOM BY back stairway II He found 70. no
t. hut h ne Rs wndeT o
John had by this time arrived at the landing
on the stairway whore the window opened on
jumped on a, chair under the window; raised
the window. threw omen the blinds. and saw
take hold Of the cornico on tho sidS Of ne ex-
soil so that he could drop to the ground
him with ny Fn Jehn said t.
from the roe dd to
in cold blood like that; 50 l pulled in my gun.
house shut in by. a high board fence. The
alley ends in high ToodeR INF, fan = on which .Gh
nearest to tho street. Ne found the man in
the alley and called II to him. n: tr,, oon+.ntsp
AT the same time Ilevelled the gun at him;
He turned half around and ducked his head
Shoot hin, now, lie viii give himself up, The
saiII. ran down the alley. and found his escape
shut Off by tho wooden ian. Without hcsitat:.
Ssn ne put his h ne en- the
| quick as II fash. Then 1 stepped on Il long
ladder. which had been hung up leng,hwise on
stand. or III shoot 1 cried.
such swift ' ranner fred Hsf tho uir ei hopns
he wGulG stop but he didn't The next n9 t., time
The ground where he was running was lower
! than it was where stood, and the charge took
effect under his, left shoulderblade. He ran a
| dozen steps and fell on his hands and knees.
boys base bali grounds. Father jumped t6e
same. ran across our plot and caught the
Was nS IN 0 the house. but father h and
identified his face AS the one he saw at his bed
=, Mr. Lester and his sons took the burglar to
Police Headquarters Concerning Headon's
history there is some mystery as yet. He had
his name, correctly, as William iIeadon,, and
a suburb of Trenton. He had been working
fer three months past on farm belonging to
sn so sw 'f9 s%St With M an% E
ssSsr and MD the he sS thns s' he az
d"oryard with tho Intention of going to
sleep somewhere; What happened after
Headon's feat in getting on the roof OF Mr.
Testers house was TOO dilicul: ior amy but q
strong man with a,cool head. On Sunday his
mud on his socks. He had taken off his shoes
and hidden them under some shr9hbery in the
lawn and u dover 6ed to the corner Of the plaz-
"a TO shin up the post with the aid OF n water
pine was. not difficult for so athletic, u man rs
| Headon is, but the pinch came when he had to
| pull himself around and over the wide cornice
which projects moro than Il foot from the top
>, Mr.. Shook. who was seen yesterday by, Chief
Fourat, said Headon had been arrested sew;
eraI times in o Trenton for getting drunk and
Heafsn i q YEAR, old; Hs, beasht sons
and put i in their wagon wagon. Then l he d sap
peared. He did not have more than s1.5D after
Ts"rdnEE With f G hd Shs EG eGss. so5
Trenton to learn more abou. him. Headon is
NOT confined to a bed. bnt he suffers much from
| taken out almost all of the shot. but that I'M.
some were e s in his back and they
| three inches in diameter
Meadon was asked yesterday whether it was
true, as reported. that he is James Higbee."
| piled that he had never been in New York city
He said when he WAS first CAPTURED hee had q
house, but he has since repeatedly denied this
He cried yesterday when Chief Fourut kindly
offered to send from his own able some f99d
story that he didn't know what he was doing
when no went into Mr.. testers house.